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Illustrated by the region’s most recognized painter
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One day Amadeus, a leghorn rooster came to live with the widow lady of St.
Helena Island. He strutted around with such a jaunty hop-and-skip rhythm to his
gait, that he was named after the 18th-century composer "Amadeus.". His haughty
"cock-a-doodle-doo" was heard throughout the small Gullah community. Visitors came from near and far to see this beautiful leghorn rooster.
36 pages.
11 x 8 1/2. 1st printing October 2004. 2nd printing May 2007.
ISBN 10: 0-87844-174-3, ISBN 13: 978-0-87844-174-7, Hardcover $17.95
This delightful children's book is illustrated with eight
beautiful, original oil paintings by
Jonathan Green. For Amadeus prints got to
http://www.jonathangreenstudios.com
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Reviews :
"A vibrant gem of a children's book:"
Lowcountry Weekly
"This poignant, colorful book demonstrates how we must spread our love and
care for all living things equally." Nancy Lee Honey,
Pink!Magazine
The book has "an important message and powerful meaning. The moral of the
story is you have to take care of everything around you or you'll end up with
nothing." Jonathan Green, The State Newspaper |
Delores Nevils
was born on June 30, 1932 in Tewskbury, Massachusetts. At the age
of six months, she went to live with her grandparents on the Ogeechee River in
Davisboro, Georgia, and became rooted in the Geechee culture. Nevils moved to
New York City when she was seven and attended elementary and middle schools
there. She later attended Washington Irving High School and Manhattan Community
College. She received a scholarship from Cooper Union Fine Arts School and was a
member of the Art League in Manhattan.
Nevils has a very outgoing personality which attracted
people and animals to her over the years and she attributes this to the myriad
of jobs she has had. She has worked with children, in television, in major
department
stores in Manhattan, in banking, in public relations as co-ordinator at the
Personnel Employment Agency. She also was the secretary to Poppy Cannon, the
Food Editor of the Ladies Home Journal, where she increased her knowledge
of food and recipes.
Nevils moved to the Low Country of South Carolina in 1977.
She has worked as a sign painter, a contributor to the local newspaper and is a
member of the Penn Club at Penn Center on St. Helena Island. She also helped to
incorporate the Gullah Festival of South Carolina, Inc. in 1987.
Nevils resides on St. Helena Island in South Carolina where she met Jonathan
Green in 1989. Sharing a deep interest in the arts and local history, they
became close friends. Amadeus, The Leghorn Rooster is their first collaboration.
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To order call Sandlapper Publishing
800-849-7263
sales@sandlapperpublishing.com
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